Robotic Surgery and Vascular Surgery
facilities have been added which will
become functional soon-Prof.Amjad Siraj Memon
25 Medical Students from Ghaza being admitted who
will get stipend and their fees will be waived off
Jinnah Sindh Medical University’s 6th Convocation
KARACHI: Jinnah Sindh Medical University organized its 6th Convocation here on Saturday January 18th 2024 where graduates in various medical, allied health sciences programmes were awarded degrees. These graduates included in the discipline of Masters of Health Professional Education, Masters in Science and Public Health, graduates from Institute of Health and Business Management, Doctor of Pharmacy, Doctor in Physical Therapy, BSc Nursing, BDS graduates. Dr. Azim Khan Registrar of the JSMU administered the oath.
Speaking on the occasion Vice Chancellor of JSMU Prof.Amjad Siraj Memon recounted the accomplishments of the university during the last few years. He also disclosed that twenty-five students from Ghaza who were studying in 4th and 5th year and since the whole health infrastructure in Ghaza has been destroyed, are being admitted in Sindh Medical College on the request of Pakistan Medical & Dental Council. They will not only get some stipend but their whole fees will be waived off.
Financial Aid Committee of the JSMU takes care of providing financial assistance to those who earn scholarship on merit as well as those who are provided scholarship on need based. For me the latter group is much more important because we will be helping them become doctors as their families cannot afford and it will improve the status of their families, he added.
Prof.Amjad Siraj Memon further stated that last year over one hundred faculty members have been inducted in JPMC to fill up all the vacant posts which we could not do earlier due to various reasons. Robotic surgery unit has been installed while a department of vascular surgery is also being established which will start functioning in the next two months. Many people lose their limbs due to traffic accidents but in future inshallah all those limbs which can be salvaged will be saved, he remarked.
We have made exceptional growth and development this year. School of Technology has been shifted to a building in Landhi where six hundred students have been accommodated. School of Nursing has been shifted and started functioning at K.V, Site Hospital. Genetic testing for birth defects will be started at the institution shortly. This facility has been provided and sponsored by the Alumni for which we are extremely grateful to them. We have signed Memorandum of Understanding with numerous medical institutions at home and overseas for collaboration in the field if academics and research. PhD in Public Health and Biochemistry is being started. We have arranged healthcare including dental care for members of Karachi Press Club. Pakistan Arts Council now invites our members to their various literary programmes. Higher Education Commission team recently visited for inspection and we have earned 84.8% marks out of one hundred which is a great achievement.
Addressing the graduates, he said, you have an uphill task before you. Even during Covid students and faculty looked after the patients at great personal risk. However, Covid pandemic also provided us some opportunities and now online teaching, learning, Webinars are a routine. Many people even used to work from home. He congratulated the parents of the graduating students and made a passionate plea to them to let the girls continue to practice and do not force them to sit at home, early marriages and leave medical profession. Let them be useful members of the society and contribute their share in the field which they had selected for them, he remarked.
He congratulated Dr. Huma and all other members of the team for making excellent arrangements for the Convocation. Earlier Dr. Huma Ali welcomed the guests, parents of the graduating students and congratulated the students on earning the degrees for which they must have been waiting since long. She also commended the contributions of the Vice Chancellor Prof.Amjad Siraj Memon for imitating numerous new programmes, services and facilities at the university.
Dr. Marium Yousuf speaking on behalf of the graduating students thanked the faculty, their parents. We gave them assurances and hope. Pakistan needs honest, hardworking healthcare professionals and let us now do our best to serve the Nation and the ailing humanity to the best of our ability, she added.
Best Teaches Awards
A number of faculty members were also presented the Best Teacher Award on this occasion. These included Prof. Azhar Mughal, Prof. Amina Rehana Siddiqui, Associate Professors Shehla and Shaheen Parveen, Assistant Professors Bushra Hina and Ahsan Ahmad, Lecturer Anum and Saima.
